Newport RI’s Illuminated Boat Parade…an insider’s view.
Newport Harbor, RI: Lights on the Water Boat Parade by Sea Years ago, I was invited aboard a friend’s boat participating in Newport’s Annual Illuminated Boat Parade. It was cold that night…VERY cold. Bundled up in our warmest gear we headed out, excited for the adventure, thermoses of hot beverages in hand. We climbed aboard […]
Christmas in Newport Doorway Contest 2015
Author: Michele Mullowney. Michele and husband, Jim live on Historic Hill in an 18th Century Colonial. WE WON! A NEWPORT RI CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! To our shock and amazement, not only did we win the Newport RI Doorway Contest, but we won Grand Prize! I am so grateful for my talented tenant, John LaPointe, he deserves […]
Help Newport’s MLK Spread Cheer This Year
The Dr. Martin Luther King Community Center’s holiday programs offer help and hope to hundreds of people in Newport County. They are our neighbors, friends, kids, teens, moms, dads – the folks who live and work all around us. The need is acute all year round but during the holidays it’s especially great. Read on […]
LUCY’S HEARTH HOLIDAY WREATH SALE IS HERE!
EACH HANDMADE WREATH AN ORIGINAL! For 45 years, “Christmas in Newport” activities have brightened the holidays here on Aquidneck Island. Nearly every day from December 1 through the New Year’s Day, diverseactivities showcase the wonder, joy and goodwill of the holiday season in Newport, RI. Each year my friend Jennifer and I look forward to the […]
“The Night Before Christmas,” a Newport Resident’s Classic Tale!
A Newport Author’s Famous Story For as long as my husband and I have been reading the famed “The Night Before Christmas” story to our children, we have adopted the tradition of driving through the beautiful Kay/Catherine area of Newport each year to show them the house in which the actual story was written. There […]
Jamestown Community Chorus Holds Holiday Concert on Dec 12th and 13th
IF YOU WANT TO SING OUT, SING OUT! Pin It One of the great things about living in Rhode Island are the cultural events this time of year. The Jamestown Community Chorus has been performing since 1949 and they will be presenting their holiday concert featuring Christmas Carols from Old England and New England. The […]